6/14/17

With the latest Asdrubal Cabrera injury the cries to promote
Amed Rosario are louder than they’ve ever been, yet it was T.J. Rivera who got
tabbed to come east to rejoin the Mets.
The rational reasons do make sense – they know what he is, they’ve
already burned his option for this year and – here’s the kicker – THEY WOULD
RATHER HAVE THE GHOST OF JOSE REYES PLAY SHORTSTOP THAN GIVE A CHANCE TO AMED
ROSARIO.

We’ve heard the company line. He needs more time to cut down on strikeouts
and become more adept at pitch recognition.
Who here thinks that he will miraculously make these adjustments post
All Star Break when there’s no risk of the Super Two “gotcha” hurting the
club? Then (when the season is pretty
much in the tank) they will deem him ready to join the big club. Nevermind that Jose Reyes and David Wright
were younger than Rosario when they made their debuts in the majors.

To be fair, others who shined in short stints such as the
Nationals’ Trea Turner are having a something of a comeuppance the second time
around. That’s part of growth and
adjustment, both on the part of the hitter and of the opposing pitchers who get
time to build a book on how to get the batter out. However, holding him in AAA isn’t going to
cure this problem. Consequently I put
little stock into those folks who cite the lackluster performance of Turner and
other second year rookies. Rosario will
at some point be a second year player, too, and just as Michael Conforto hit a
bump in the road, so too may Rosario.

However, the fact is that he’s hitting and running and
fielding like a potential star. The starting
shortstop is hurt yet again. However,
rather than try to win games, instead the club will lean on Jose Reyes’ past
reputation thinking that it’s 2007 instead of 2017 and a .188 hitter is indeed
the answer. If you believe that, there’s
a bridge in Brooklyn I can post to Craigslist.

I won’t even get into how the club mishandles day to day
injuries into several-month-long maladies.
That’s another rant for another day.
I’m actually pleasantly surprised that they disabled him immediately
which has not been their modus operandi.
Even the bizarre decisions like benching their hottest hitter worked in
their favor as Cabrera and Jay Bruce saved Terry Collins bumbling butt from the
second guessers for having Flores ride the bench. Where I have a quibble is the decision to
place dollars ahead of victories which is doubly galling when the club is on
arguably its best streak of the year.
All of the pitchers have clicked the past several days and the offense
has been adequate. Consequently they’ve
won ballgames.

I totally understand the process of the extra year of service and super 2 and the advantages... But if super 2 has passed, Rosario needs to be here... Reyes hasn't performed... And there is a shot that with Lugo, and Matz back we could get back in this... even just defensively (since Reyes isn't producing offensively... we need Rosario...